Asia Singapore New cat ownership rules require pet cats to be microchipped and licensed, with limits on the number of cats allowed per household; After a two-year transition period, owners must comply or face penalties, while licences will become chargeable
Oceania Marshall Islands Dr Irene Taafaki, a woman who had a huge impact on education in the Marshall Islands, died unexpectedly in Majuro last week
Africa Namibia Regulatory authority has awarded three 4G/5G licences to Loc8 Mobile, Telecom Namibia and Mobile Telecommunications
Europe Serbia On 1 October, changes to the Serbian excise law came into force, increasing excise duties on fuel, cigarettes, alcohol and coffee by 8%
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Luz Party of Guinea-Bissau and the African Party for Peace and Social Stability signed a political collaboration agreement
Africa Somalia More and more women engineers are heading construction sites and projects in the country, defying still-present prejudices and discrepancies, such as getting lower pay than their male colleagues
Africa Malawi Addressing delegates at the Malawi Landscape Restoration Forum in Lilongwe, World Bank Country Manager for Malawi, Hugh Riddell, said land degradation is fuelled by people cutting down trees to make a living
America Canada In a vision to become the 1st First Nation (indigenous people neither Inuit nor Métis) north of 60° without a housing crisis, Liard First Nation is building timber homes using frame parts cut on-site at a brand new production plant
Asia Mongolia Mongolian students will be able to study at universities in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of China, from 31 December 2024, by agreement for 200 places for Bachelor's degrees, 40 places for Master's degrees and 20 places for PhD degrees
Europe Monaco Prince Albert II in person welcomed a hundred cyclists who set off from London on September 19 to cover 1100 kilometres and reach Monaco on September 26 to raise awareness on oceans’ protection
Oceania Nauru Transportation will be provided for students sitting for their Year 8 examination that will be held next week
Asia Tajikistan Nizomiddin Nasriddinov, a former activist of the opposition movement Group 24, was sentenced to 8½ years in prison on charges of making public appeals to forcibly change Tajikistan's constitutional order
Europe Russia At its next meeting, the Russian State Duma Council will discuss the issue of revoking the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty